OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote in message . ..

Of course, there's the notion of the reusable CM, which no doubt would
have been developed at least as far as a cargo pod concept...

Do you think maybe the tiles concept would be applied to the CM? Or
would the original ablation cells be designed to be refillable?

Perhaps the money-saving technique would be to salvage the insides of
a CM, and just keep replacing the shells? I'm not sure what the
most-expensive parts of a CM were, but I would think that refurbished
couches, electronics, and parachutes would be a significant savings.

Thinking about this some more, I'd imagine that quite a few satellites
would have LM-sized configurations, and even docking probe receptacles
for maneuvering by the CSM.